Carey Henderson's Reviews > 23 Minutes In Hell: One Man's Story About What He Saw, Heard, and Felt in That Place of Torment

This book has been on my "to read" list for several years, when I found it on the clearance shelf of a local used bookstore I snagged it up and started reading right away.

For me, this book was a disappointment. The writing just wasn't good. The trip to hell was right out of the gate, lasted only a few pages. And then the rest of the novel was stories about how great the author thought he was with all these testimonials from readers backing him up. The novel read like a really boring, bad lecture-- with the professor telling you up front (header: in this chapter I'm going to tell you why John from Alabama thinks I'm amazing) what you'll be learning and then spending several minutes siting references and quotes.

I believe the author did have this experience and I cannot fathom how traumatic and life altering it must've been. I do think a live reading or seminar would be much more engaging than reading this novel. I just found it incredibly boring & ridiculous.